Runstedt - World War Two
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Karl Rudolf Gerd von Runstedt |
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(1875-1953)Ý |
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Born in the Old Mark of Brandenburg. |
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WW I: Ý
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Rose to become Chief of Staff of 1st German Army Corps. |
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1930's Military commander of Berlin.Ý |
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WW II:Ý
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Ý1938:
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Commanded occupation troops in the Sudetenland, but was purged for his outspokenness about Hitler.Ý |
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1939:
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Directed the blitzkrieg in Poland.Ý |
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1940:Ý
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Directed the blitzkrieg in France. |
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1941:Ý
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Checked in his offensives in the Ukraine by the Soviet army; he was recalled. |
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1942:Ý
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Appointed commander of the Western Front, from Holland to the Italian frontier. |
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He was repulsed in a counter-attack at Medinine (March) and outflanked the enemy at Mareth, (March).This was followed by up by a series of battles that eventually drove the Axis Forces back to Tunisia and destroyed the Axis Forces in Afrika. |
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On the success of the Allied invasion of France he was relieved of command. But returned as Commander in Chief in September. December - his last great action was the Battle of the Bulge. After its failure he lost command.Ý |
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Ý1945:
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In May he was captured by the Allies in Munich. War crimes proceedings against him were dropped on the grounds of his ill health. |
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Ý1946:
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He was kept as a prisoner in Britain. |
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Valour and Horror, Second World War, Canadian history, World War II, W.W.II |
